Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

The deep oceans are far from flat. They feature ridges, trenches, seamounts, and valleys, creating a diverse and dramatic underwater landscape shaped by tectonic activity and volcanic processes. Among ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

Alternatively, as shown in the diagram, convection currents under the Earth’s crust transfer heat, which rises through the surface and cools back down in a circular motion. The convection ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

Your students will examine the locations of earthquakes, investigate why earthquakes occur and determine the value of being able to predict earthquakes. Distribute to students the CNN Student News ...

This broad, 8,000-mile-long bulge in the crust of the earth differs in many ways from the rest of the ocean bottom. It may be the result of huge convection currents in the interior By Henry W. Menard ...

On Earth, convection currents churn through the mantle (the layer that lies beneath the crust), causing tectonic plates to move around the planet's surface and triggering geological activity like ...